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Excerpt from Agony Point, Vol. 2 of 2: Or the Groans of Gentility I don't see the saving of that machine, said Farmer Thorold. Working Broad Meadow used to take two men two days in my time, sir; and you have had two men and a horse, and half a day longer about it: let alone the job for the blacksmith in tinkering up that what-d'ye call-it.' Every field that Tom farmed, every definite piece of work that he had finished, drew forth the same unpleasant comparisons from some one. Whether with machinery or without it was all the same. Three days or three men, with the discarded tenant, was credibly reported to have done as much, and done it better, than four days would do for the much-perplexed and puzzled landlord. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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